Odds & Sods 2023

That's a beautiful picture ILR..... and sunshine!! Lol Thanks for sharing this with us

Thank you Tigerss, I couldn’t resist taking his photo what a magnificent beast.

Roe buck in the local valley having a munch in a field early yesterday morning. I prefer them to the red deer I usually post as they are a lot more elusive. This one took a good 2 minutes to suss I was on the footpath and then "boing" he was over a fence and disappeared.

I love to stand and watch our local Roe Deer grazing but sadly lately there have been too many idiots with dogs off leads at our reserve to enjoy it :-(
Nice pics Bob

They do spook easy Linda. It took me 2 years after seeing my first one in the valley to see another one... I thought I had been going mad and my eyes had deceived me. Now I know the valley a lot better and see them sometimes from afar but it's always a real treat to turn a corner and spot one relatively close.

Yep they sure do , but only a few months ago we stood and watched 3 in a field within 20ft or so happily grazing..they clocked us and just moved a little away from us was really good seeing them so close.,,we are lucky enough to see them most of the time at our local..

Very rare to get anywhere close to the valley roe deer. I guess like lots of animals, it's how used they are to people being close. I would never get a photo of a jay in the local valley as they are off as soon as I'm anywhere near... other places like parks etc... they are more at ease.

Lovely shots ILR. I s that the Kilnsey near Skipton, as in Kilnsey Cragg and all that? And I love the Highland Cow too, they always make great photos ...

Great shots of the Roe Deer Bob. As you say they can be quite timid or not dependent on their exposure to people. We have a few down my local woods that are fed by people in mobile homes backing onto the woods, so those deer let people get quite close without running off.